PhD Candidate to present at IOA London Branch

 

On the 10th September 2025 PhD candidate Rodrigo Sanchez-Pizani will present his research at the Institute of Acoustic London branch meeting at Aldgate Towers 6pm. The title of his presentation, "Can you hear me at the back: AI for predicting clarity of lecture recordings". This will summarise 7 years of research!

Inter-Noise Presentation using acoustics and audio together!

Inter-Noise 2025 was held at the World Trade Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil 24-27 August 2025. A silent disco type arrangement was used in the Golden Hall, so audio and acoustics coming together through headphones! Professor Stephen Dance presented an update on the hearing assessment of classical musicians using otoacoustic emissions alongside Michael Vorlander so competition was stiff! Great event next time Adelaide :)

 

Professor Dance joins the I-INCE Board

 

On the 24th August 2025 Professor Stephen Dance was invited to join the I-INCE Board. In January 2026 he will become General Secretary stepping down from his role representing Europe/Africa on the Conference Selection Committee. This should be four years of fun! 

Noise Network+ Working Groups Announced

 

The EPSRC funded Noise Network+ Groups have now been formed. There are 6 Working Groups looking for volunteers in: AI, Policy, Health, Education, Transport, Sustainability and Inclusive Engineering. Education, outreach and skills is having its inaugural meeting online on 1st September 2025 to get the ball rolling on this 3 years grant. Follow the link to sign up and get involved in integrating noise into all aspects of engineering!

PhD thesis submission by Rodrigo Sanchez-Pizani

 

On the 31st July 2025 PhD candidate Rodrigo Sanchez-Pizani submitted his thesis, "Deep neural networks for audio quality and intelligibility in educational spaces". He has taken 7+ years on this research which became very popular under COVID with hybrid teaching being extensively used by universities. He defends the work in late September 2025, the team all wish him luck and success!   

Final UKAN+ Meeting Completed

 

The final UKAN+ management meeting was held on 1st July 2025. UKAN now has reached 2000 members, ran 440 events and funded 28 projects over an 8 year period. The team have been amazing. The final deliverable will be a co-funded Sound Economics report due October 2025, supported by the EPSRC Noise Network+ and the Institute of Acoustics. I like to thank Kirill Horoshenkov, Richard Craster and all the support teams and look forward to Virtual UKAN!. 

AI Sensors installed on Campus

 

PhD candidate Ekim Bakirci has installed his prototype AI enabled wireless Class 1 environmental sound monitoring system across the London South Bank University campus. This will enable automated sound event classification of the City Soundscape as well as noise monitoring the environment. Ekim is in his second year of studies and needs to train the system to monitor air, road and rail traffic. Let's hope he stays busy and the sun keeps shining!